Don't Wanna Know
Recorded by The Red Clay Strays
Album: Grateful (2026)

(Capo on 1)

(Intro.)
One, two, three
|(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |(Em) / /
 
(Verse 1)
Started (Em)workin' at a job layin' (B7)pipe up in Caroline (Em)
Got my (Em)little cousin Billy hired on and workin' by my side (B7)
Well, we'd (Em)work all day and stay out all night
And (Am)that's when I noticed his wandering eye
(Em)I don't wanna know what I (B7)know
eCause I know it ain't (Em)good / / / (Em) / / / (Em) / / / (Em) / / 

(Verse 2)
Well, (Em)Billy's been married to Mrs. (B7)Rita for ten years now (Em) / / / (Em)
She's (Em)hotter than a pistol and meaner than a cotton (B7)mouth / / / (B7) / /
And if she (Em)ever caught wind of Billy runnin' around
She got a (Am)sweet 44 that'd put him in the ground
(Em)I don't wanna know what I (B7)know, 'cause I know it ain't (Em)good

(Bridge)
And (Am)Billy's on two phones, hidin' what he does for his (Em)thrills
While (Am)Rita's thinkin' Billy's making overtime to pay her bills (B7) / / / (B7) / / /
(Em)Billy's throwin' matches around in a house of (A)wood, yeah
(Em)I don't wanna know what I (B7)know, 'cause I know it ain't (Em)good

(Instrumental)
 / / / |(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |
|(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |(Am) / / / |(Am) / / / |
|(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |
|(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |
|(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |(Em) / 

(Verse 3)
Well, I (Em)love my cousin Billy, and (B7)he's always done me (Em)right / / / (Em) / / /
But he's (Em)brought me in the middle of his cheatin' and adulterous life (B7) / / / (B7) / /
You know I (Em)don't wanna break up a man and his wife
But if there's (Am)one thing I hate, it's a man who's a liar
(Em)I don't wanna know what I (B7)know, 'cause I know it ain't (Em)good
Well, (Em)I don't wanna know what I (B7)know, 'cause I know it ain't (Em)good

(Outro.)
|(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |
|(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |
|(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |
|(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |
|(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / 
||(Em) / / / |(Em) / / / Fade out - - - - -